English Teaching Media During Pandemic

Abstract

The outbreak of Covid-19 has massively changed the way of teaching and learning. As what has been stated by the Minister of Education and Culture, Indonesia focused on the health and safety of all the citizens. Thus, schools and colleges closures were decided in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. This research was aimed at investigating English teacher's teaching media usage from July to October 2020. This research was categorized into case study by applying a single case study in a class of fourth grade of primary school level and an English teacher. By observing the WhatsApp group of teachers and parents' interactions, the data in the form of screenshot images were collected. Parents' comments on WhatsApp group were observed and documented to support the progress of English teacher's teaching media in delivering the materials. The findings revealed that the English teacher made developed the media in teaching English initiated from material in the form of image and text moving to video recordings and voice notes, to integrating between video on English teacher's YouTube channel. Moreover, various types of evaluation that were initiated by students' workbooks, students' videos, Quizzes application, and Google form were used during distance learning. This research was expected to contribute to English language teaching specifically on teaching media used in primary level during online teaching and learning.